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… Refuge Canada Tent raises awareness of the complex issues surrounding the history of refugees in Canada. Drawing … faced by refugees in Canada. Supported by the Birks Family Foundation. Components 6 fabric covered walls; 2 pop-up banners, 8 interactive … Museum Port Alberni, BC March – April 2026 English-first Carrefour Communautaire Beausoleil Miramichi, NB February – March 2026 …
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… Families April 1, 1953 - Waterman Times were hard in Holland then and although Pete worked hard to make a living for us, it was hard … who would employ Pete lived in Ontario. Our date for departure was set for March 24th, 1953 so we had about six weeks to get ready. In all … to be sold or given away. Only the basic necessities could be packed (ie the beds, linen, dishes, pots and pans, warm clothes and shoes, and …
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… toplumuna ve çeşitliliğine, zengin kültürel mirası ve barış içinde birlikte yaşama geleneğiyle katkıda bulunmuş Türk göömenlerin … Embassy of the Republic of Turkey • Ambassade de la République de Turquie á Ottawa • T.C. Ottava Büyükelçiliği …
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… know where, don't know when, but I know we'll meet again some sunny day." A song shared by both Gracie and Vera Lynn. The silence on the … - {CMHQ} London, Eng. WWII A fellow dispatch rider, Jack Seeley and I, were called in to see the commanding officer around noon one day and …
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… A man drives down Terminal Road towards Pier 21. He is wearing a blue shirt; next to him his wife holds a bouquet of … since. A woman stands in the foyer of Pier 21 National Historic Site. She is wearing a navy blue, slightly military style jacket and … The Reunion …
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… Diary Entries Friday, April 26 I left Sheffield at 9 am and was met in London by the … by a voice at the microphone saying,"6:30: time to rise and shine, come on girls, get out of bed." We were up on deck by 7:30 and our …
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… need a better future for our children". The people in Holland had just come through a war and were trying to rebuild, but there was no housing and no money. At that time the governments of Canada and Holland and other countries as well, were setting up information meetings to promote immigration because Canada …
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… Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje, born April, 1916 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Father, Anton D. Bestebreurtje moved the family to … 1915 in Sydney, Australia, the same year. With the start of World War II the family left Switzerland, and made it to England via Portugal. …
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… May 25, 1945 Country of Origin: England By Elsie Mills I stood at the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years … have passed and so much has happened. It’s August, 1999, a beautiful day. The sun is shining and the sky looks so huge. That was the first … to be at a dance, but I was! Ed (Jack Mills) was with a group that had come over to the dance. He had run out of money to get back, so I …
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… Wanda Zielinska …